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Hiroshima native Kenji Ekuan processed the tragic bombings into a creative fuel that resulted in a long and illustrious industrial design career.

The flow of innovative ideas sometimes comes to a standstill. Here are five ways to find your spark again.

To be successful in the business of your ideas, follow these observations from an industry veteran.

Instead, focus your efforts on protecting yourself with these seven strategies.

The Seattle-based tech company is hiring to build an 'end-to-end platform for startups.'

The man known as the 'father of video games' never stopped inventing.

Women filed about a third of all trademarks in recent years but fewer than a fifth of patents. There is help to get everybody's good ideas turned into products.

A crowdfunding campaign for the Eva Smart Shower launched on Indiegogo this week.

If you have a dream of a new product and fall into one of these three scenarios, Quirky might be a good platform for you.

Drive, passion and determination don't pay the bills; money does. Here are the wise ways the 'Queen of QVC' saved cash as an early entrepreneur and how you can, too.

Documentarian Morgan Spurlock is bringing his box-office acclaim to new media with a forthcoming online video channel called Smartish.

The 'Queen of QVC' says it doesn't matter if you're a king or queen in business. It just matters that you rule.

Assembling your products outside of the U.S. can be a lot like driving blindfolded. But it doesn't have to be. Not if you steer clear of this all too common pitfall. Take it from the 'Queen of QVC.'

A remote-controlled LED lightbulb and wireless earbuds are among the finalists in the Crowd2Shelf Contest hosted by office-supply chain Staples and crowdfunding site Fundable.

A couple of inventors in San Francisco built a 'Human Hamster Wheel' desk in 24 hours. You have to see it to believe it.

WayFounder has come up with a route for inventors to bring their concepts to market.

The risks may be high, but the rewards can be splendid, both monetary and intangible.

Legal complexities have resulted in a system where only a judge can determine what a patent covers.

The cost of a patent attorney is daunting for independent inventors but a government program makes it affordable, if you qualify.

Roadblocks can be a vision to a better world if you change your perception.

Investors don't want to invest in a product, they want to invest in a business. Here are seven reality checks to apply.